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Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Andrew Burke
6 First Walk, Room 622
1-2pm Thursdays & 1-2pm Fridays. Phone consultations available by appointment.
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Credit points |
Credit points
10
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
130cp including LAW203 or LAWS2400
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
This unit examines the principles of civil and criminal procedure in New South Wales. The unit canvasses general principles of civil procedure, such as pre-trial procedures, the nature of adversarial disputation, ethics of practice and a critical evaluation of the administration of justice, as well as select topics in criminal procedure, such as classification of offences, bail and sentencing. |
Information about important academic dates including deadlines for withdrawing from units are available at https://www.mq.edu.au/study/calendar-of-dates
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
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Unless a Special Consideration request has been submitted and approved, (a) a penalty for lateness will apply – two (2) marks out of 100 will be deducted per day for assignments submitted after the due date – and (b) no assignment will be accepted more than seven (7) days (incl. weekends) after the original submission deadline. No late submissions will be accepted for timed assessments: the online quizzes and the timed civil procedure hypothetical case task.
Word limits will be strictly applied and work above the word limit will not be marked.
All assessments in the unit are to be submitted electronically. Plagiarism detection software is used in this unit. Any instances of plagiarism will be referred to the Faculty of Arts' Hearings Committee for disciplinary action. This may have adverse consequences for students wishing to be admitted as a solicitor after graduation. Students who are unclear as to the definition of plagiarism should re-read the Academic Integrity Policy (link below in Polices and Procedures).
For the Court Observation Assignment, students are required to complete and submit a Court Attendance Log. Any deliberate inaccuracies in this log will constitute fabrication under the Academic Integrity Policy (link below in Policies and Procedures). Any instances of fabrication will be referred to the Faculty of Arts' Hearings Committee for disciplinary action. This may have adverse consequences for students wishing to be admitted as a solicitor after graduation.
Rubrics will be made available on iLearn. The convenors moderate all assessments. All Fail essays and take-home examinations are double marked.
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There is a weekly 2-hour lecture at 1pm Wednesdays in the T1 Theatre at 10 Hadenfeld Ave which will be recorded.
The On Campus Session is Thursday 16th and Friday 17th April.
The criminal procedure readings will be available on iLearn. There is no textbook for criminal procedure.
The civil procedure textbook is: Sonya Willis, Civil Procedure: Law, Principles and Practice (Palgrave Macmillan Australia, 2012).
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Week Lecture Topic
1 Introduction to Civil and Criminal Procedure and Criminal Process I
2 Criminal Process II
3 Police Powers
4 Bail
5 Sentencing I
6 Sentencing II
7 Exploring key themes of civil procedure
8 ADR and case management
9 Commencing proceedings and pleadings
10 Discovery and privilege
11 Other documentary evidence and interlocutory applications
12 Trials, appeals and enforcement
Macquarie University policies and procedures are accessible from Policy Central (https://staff.mq.edu.au/work/strategy-planning-and-governance/university-policies-and-procedures/policy-central). Students should be aware of the following policies in particular with regard to Learning and Teaching:
Students seeking more policy resources can visit the Student Policy Gateway (https://students.mq.edu.au/support/study/student-policy-gateway). It is your one-stop-shop for the key policies you need to know about throughout your undergraduate student journey.
If you would like to see all the policies relevant to Learning and Teaching visit Policy Central (https://staff.mq.edu.au/work/strategy-planning-and-governance/university-policies-and-procedures/policy-central).
Macquarie University students have a responsibility to be familiar with the Student Code of Conduct: https://students.mq.edu.au/study/getting-started/student-conduct
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